‘The Dead Of Winter’ To Debut At Locarno, Emma Thompson To Be Feted At Swiss Fest

‘The Dead Of Winter’ To Debut At Locarno, Emma Thompson To Be Feted At Swiss Fest

Emma Thompson will receive the Leopard Club Award at this year’s Locarno Film Festival, where her latest flick, The Dead Of Winter, will debut. From director Brian Kirk, the film follows a widowed fisherwoman (Thompson) trapped in a Minnesotan blizzard who interrupts the kidnapping of a teenager only to realize that she is the young victim’s only hope. It is Kirk’s follow-up to 2019’s 21 Bridges. Also starring are Laurel Marsden, Judy Greer,…

Emma Thompson to Be Honored by Locarno Film Festival Where Her ‘The Dead of Winter’ Will Bow

Emma Thompson will be honored by the Locarno Film Festival where her latest film, Brian Kirk’s action thriller “The Dead of Winter” – which she executive produced – will have its world premiere. Thompson, who is the only person in Academy Awards history to have won Oscars both for acting (“Howard’s End”) and screenwriting (“Sense and […]